Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Last week, we traveled to Phoenix,
Arizona and Seattle, Washington, for the White House Conference on Aging (WHCOA)
regional forums. At both events, we heard directly from older Americans, their
families, caregivers, advocates, community leaders, and experts on how to best
address the current aging landscape.

Our Phoenix participants were welcomed by U.S. Congressman Ruben
Gallego (AZ-7) and AARP President Jeannine English, and the forum featured
keynotes by Dr. Richard Hodes, Director of the National Institute on Aging (NIA)
at the National Institutes of Health, and Wendy Spencer, CEO of the Corporation
for National and Community Service.

Dr. Richard Hodes, Director of the National Institute on Aging, at WHCOA Phoenix Regional ForumPhoto Courtesy of U.S. Dept. of HHS

Dr. Hodes’ comments highlighted the exciting
research underway at NIH, including studies on Alzheimer’s disease and caregiver
support, as well as NIA’s Go4Life
campaign, which is an exercise and physical activity campaign for older adults.
Wendy Spencer discussed the importance of older adult volunteerism, citing
examples and telling moving stories of how Senior Corps volunteers are
transforming communities and the lives of individuals of all ages. [More]

Carole Joyce a
resident of Phoenix was one of the 200 chosen to participate in The White House
Conference on Aging in Phoenix

She Said: It was a very
successful meeting, all the conference goals were met ...Phoenix was an
outstanding host. This was the first time they chose other cities out of
the DC area to participate and we were one of 5 cities. 200 hundred
participant were selected via the White House to participate by invitation
only.

It was indeed an honor to be one of 200 selected
participants to attend. There were many Medical Professionals as well as Administrators
from other States and social workers, some from as far away as Texas, Montana, Wyoming, Utah and California in
attendance. Phoenix was one of the "ChosenCities"
and did a fantastic job of hosting this first time conference in 50 years!

It's was the
ideal partnership teaming up with AARP to sponsor this conference. Many
Washington, DC officials in attendance including the Institute of Health (INH ) .

Focus
groups were very productive & intense, I was a participant in the
"ElderJustice Group", they selected one of my
recommendations to implement... I recommended using "BestPractices W/
Continuity" and is was adopted and sent along to Washington with
other recommendations from 3 other focus groups. So this was an extremely
productive workshop/conference for me to attend.. it had excellent interaction
from the participants.

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